An Analysis on Play and Playmate Preferences of 48 to 66 Months Old Children in the Context of Gender

Autor/in	Tas, Isil
Titel	An Analysis on Play and Playmate Preferences of 48 to 66 Months Old Children in the Context of Gender
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 13 (2018) 13, S.511-517 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Early Childhood Education; Play; Preferences; Leisure Time; Observation; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Sex Role; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Semi Structured Interviews; Incidence; Playgrounds; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Spiel; Freizeit; Beobachtung; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterrolle; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Vorkommen; Playground; Spielplatz; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This research was conducted to analyze play and playmate preferences of preschool girls and boys during free play time. The study group consisted of 48-66 months old preschool children. There were ten girls, seven boys and a preschool teacher in the study group. They were all selected from a public preschool in Cukurova, a district of Adana a city in the south of Turkey in the fall semester of 2014 to 2015 academic year. For two weeks children were observed during their free play time. In addition, the children and teacher were interviewed to determine the play and playmate preferences of the children. An interview with each child took approximately 5 to 6 minutes, whereas the interview with the teacher took 20 minutes. In this research, content analysis method was applied at the data analysis phase. The outcomes of the analysis indicated that there were differences between play area, type of play and playmate preferences between girls and boys. Research indicated that girls usually opt for dramatic (pretend) play such as playing house, role play and gets in role as doctor, mother or kid; while boys prefer to play with blocks and lego for construction and building purposes (block center). The research results show gender effects on girls and boys play behaviors. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01